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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
DanielMReck@mas.to ("Daniel M. Reck") wrote:

@futurebird "Eggs don't lay eggs," she says.

And yet, just the other day,
I took an egg from the tray.
Once cracked, there was a bonus!
To learn what, on me was the onus.
What is that? A second, white yolk?
So curious were all the folk.
Into a bowl then, let's get out a knife.
Surely, it cannot be, a bit of proto-birdlife?
But yes, our theory stands on a leg,
For this egg, indeed, has laid its own egg!

#biology #science #eggs #NoAI #DrSeuss #poetry

A chicken egg is cracked in a frying pan, with a yellow yolk surrounded by transparent whites, and another white mass slightly smaller than the yolk. (See next photo.)
(From previous photo) The white mass is transferred to a glass dish and cut open. The outer skin is pliable but quite tough. Inside is another smaller yolk that is very pale yellow, along with more whites and some thicker translucent material which is unformed. The entire mass appears to be an egg which started to form within the outer egg.